St. Louis Rams head coach Scott Linehan said the team has yet to make a decision on the competition at center, where Andy McCollum and Brett Romberg are fighting for the starting job. Linehan said the team is comfortable with both and it is too close to call a potential winner of the battle at this time.

Steve Korte, of the News-Democrat, reports St. Louis Rams head coach Scott Linehan named OL Richie Incognito his new starting center Friday, Sept. 15. Linehan had been leaning in that direction all week, but he had not made the decision final. "Richie will be our starter," Linehan said. "We didn't decide that until last night." Incognito hasn't played center since his freshman year at the University of Nebraska. Incognito said the difference between playing guard and center was like the difference between playing backgammon and chess. Incognito said his biggest adjustment was getting used to the shotgun snap. "I hadn't done shotgun much in college," Incognito said. "It was my technique, and it was something that we fixed real quick." Incognito replaces Andy McCollum, who suffered a season-ending knee injury against the Denver Broncos Week 1.

Jim Thomas, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Rams OL Andy McCollum (knee) suffered a knee injury Week 1 and the prognosis for him is "not good." "The prognosis right now doesn't look very good," head coach Scott Linehan said afterward. "We'll get an MRI and check it (Monday)." According to team sources, it is a season-ending injury. McCollum wasn't available to comment after the game, but he was wearing a large brace on his leg.

Nick Wagoner, of StLouisRams.com, reports St. Louis Rams C Andy McCollum (shoulders, knee) is expected to serve as the team's starting center again in 2006. After having offseason surgery, he should be at complete health in the new season.

Kathleen Nelson, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Rams OC Andy McCollum (shoulders, knee) continues on his road to recovery. McCollum started running last week and expects to be "close enough" to 100 percent to participate in offseason training activities, which start May 16.

Nick Wagoner, of StLouisRams.com, reports St. Louis Rams C Andy McCollum (collarbone, knee) is attempting to rehab from a series of minor surgeries in the offseason. He is still expected to be the team's starting center next season.

Kathleen Nelson, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports St. Louis Rams OL Andy McCollum (collarbone, knee) is enjoying weight training for the first time in several years, despite undergoing three surgeries in the offseason. McCollum underwent arthroscopic surgery to smooth his collarbone right after the season. He also had arthroscopic surgery on his knee in late March.

St. Louis Rams C Andy McCollum has been named to USA Today's All-Joe Team, according to StLouisRams.com. The All-Joe Team is named after former Chiefs, Vikings and Chargers DT Joe Phillips, who played 14 seasons in the NFL before retiring in 1999. According to Larry Weisman of USA Today, the All-Joe Team is represented by "hard-working, overlooked, underappreciated player(s) who do the dirty work simply because that's (their) lot in life."

Jim Thomas, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reports the St. Louis Rams are going to rely on OL Andy McCollum at center now with the loss of C Dave Wohlabaugh (hip). He played left guard last year, but moved back to center after Wohlabaugh had surgery on his hip. McCollum is no stranger to the position, having started 52 regular-season and postseason games there for the Rams from 2000 to 2002.

Updating previous reports, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis Rams OG Andy McCollum has played so well at camp that the team will keep him at guard instead of moving him to center in the wake of an injury to starting C Dave Wohlabaugh (thumb). "He's going to be really good there," head coach Mike Martz said. "And for us to be a really good offense, we've got to stop all this 'moving around' stuff." OL John St. Clair will now step into the starting lineup at center for the rest of the preseason.

Updating a previous story, StLouisRams.com reports the St. Louis Rams have officially re-signed free agent C Andy McCollum to a three-year deal. McCollum will now be moved to the guard position after the acquisition of C Dave Wohlabaugh.